During the past 12 months, our health economics job board has welcomed 32,000 users. Who are the visitors? Mainly job-seeking health economists. A lot of them! To put it in perspective, it’s like filling a 600-person conference hall with health economists every week of the year. This shows that we’re providing our peers, and clients too, with a service that’s … Read more

When talking with human resource personnel recruiting health economists, I often hear this opinion: “We are one of the top pharmaceutical companies, and our career page will attract experienced health economists. Our company’s career page is working just fine.” Then, a couple of weeks later, the role is given to an expensive recruitment agency to fill. Maybe the company career … Read more

Have you received a new global health economic model? It has a slick dashboard and fancy graphs. And best of all, you only need to fill in a “few” local input parameters, and it should work and be accepted in every country in Europe, right? Well, as you know, most of the time, this is not the case. 1. Treatment … Read more

Is a key member of your health economist team going on maternity leave? Welcoming a new family member is always a reason to celebrate! As a manager, you might be concerned about managing your HEOR team’s workload and keeping projects on track during their leave. We at EuropeanHealthEconomics.com have a pool of experienced freelance health economists ready to step in … Read more

Why do so many freelance health economists stop after one year? Starting as a freelance health economist offers the allure of independence and the freedom to choose one’s projects and work schedule. However, many freelance health economists struggle to sustain their businesses and stop after only one year of freelancing. Why is this the case? Here is my analysis, based … Read more

Bridging recruitment gaps with experienced freelance health economists. When a key member of your health economics team leaves, it often creates a gap that is not easily filled. The recruitment for a new, permanent team member who fits your specific needs, like expertise in a disease area or modelling skills, can take much longer than expected. This often leads to … Read more

I was updating our freelance health economist CV database at EuropeanHealthEconomics. com – a specialised job board for health economists. The freelance pool is quite dynamic, with many updates and changes. I’d like to share my light-hearted observations on the different types of freelance health economists we encounter. 1. The Juniors Armed with a master’s degree and brimming with confidence, … Read more